¿Cómo saber en qué creer? | Paula Slier | TEDxUniversity of Johannesburg

La corresponsal de guerra Paula Slier, que lleva más de dos décadas informando desde zonas de conflicto como Gaza, Siria, Líbano, Afganistán, Irak, Ucrania y Libia, analiza cómo la información moldea lo que la gente cree. A partir de sus experiencias en zonas de guerra y del entorno informativo digital actual, la charla examina cómo los algoritmos, la indignación, la activación emocional y la manipulación narrativa afectan la vida cotidiana. Su argumento central es que la inteligencia por sí sola no protege de la manipulación, ya que las personas son más vulnerables cuando se cruzan la emoción, el miedo, la esperanza, la pertenencia y la identidad.

• Lecciones sobre propaganda y narrativas desde zonas de conflicto
• Cómo los algoritmos y la indignación influyen en las creencias
• Por qué la emoción y la identidad aumentan la vulnerabilidad

For more than two decades, Paula has reported from some of the world’s most dangerous conflict zones - Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, Libya and beyond - where information can be as powerful as weapons themselves. In war zones, survival depends on understanding narratives: propaganda, emotional triggering, fear, identity, and the stories people are persuaded to believe. For years, she believed information warfare belonged mainly to politics, governments, extremist groups, and digital platforms. This talk explores what happens when the battlefield moves beyond geography and politics and into everyday human experience. Drawing on lessons from physical war zones and today’s digital information environment, it examines how algorithms, outrage, emotional activation, and narrative manipulation increasingly blur the boundaries between public warfare and private vulnerability. At its core, this talk argues that intelligence alone does not protect us from manipulation. Human beings are most vulnerable when emotion, hope, fear, belonging, and identity intersect. Global War Correspondent Information Warfare Specialist & International Speaker Founder | Newshound Media International From Gaza to Ukraine, war correspondent Paula Slier has spent more than two decades reporting from the world’s frontlines, where she discovered that the world’s oldest weapon isn’t technology or propaganda, but human emotion. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx